ECABL Game Summaries

Price, Manzo lead Padres over Nationals

Johnny Price drove in three runs, and Patrick Manzo held the Nationals to one earned run over six innings as the Padres beat the Nationals, 12-5, Wednesday at Heath Field.

HIGHLIGHTS

Key to the win: Johnny Price and Dom Byrnes each drove in two runs in a six-run third inning, and the Padres coasted through the rest of the game.

Winning Pitcher: Patrick Manzo

Losing Pitcher: Randy Mason

Game MVPs: Patrick Manzo pitched six innings, giving up two hits and one earned run. He struck out seven and walked six. Mike Arico went 3-for-3 with two runs scored and an RBI. Johnny Price, Gabriel Ventura and David Hackney each went 1-for-3.

Notable Effort: Neil Coffield went 1-for-3 with a run scored. Chris Purdue went 1-for-3 with an RBI.

Miscellaneous Notes: The Padres are now 2-2-1 on the season. The Nationals are 1-3-1.

Williams, Buchanan power Dodgers to 17-4 win over Nationals

Patrick Williams had four hits and scored four runs, and Mark Buchannan gave up four runs in six innings as the Dodgers beat the Nationals 17-4 Tuesday night at Heath Field.

HIGHLIGHTS

Key to the win: The Dodgers scored five runs in the top of the first inning, and Mark Buchanan held the Nationals scoreless through four innings.

Winning Pitcher: Mark Buchanan

Losing Pitcher: Roland Fielder

Game MVPs: Patrick Williams went 4-for-4 with four runs scored and an RBI. Mark Buchanan went 2-for-4 with two RBIs and two runs scored. He also pitched six innings, giving up six hits and four runs. He struck out four and walked eight. Doug Amerson went 1-for-4 with four RBIs and a run scored. Tomas Hernandez went 2-for-3 with an RBI and a run scored.

Notable Effort:  Randy Mason went 1-for-2 with an RBI. Nick Hoffman went 1-for-1 with a run scored. Chris Perdue went 1-for-1 with a run scored.

Miscellaneous Notes: The Padres are now 1-2-1 on the season. The Nationals are 1-1-1.

Fielder's 2-run double helps Nationals to 9-9 tie with Padres

Hernandez drives in 4 to lead Padres

Roland Fielder's two-run double with two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning capped a five-run comeback to tie the Padres before time expired Tuesday night at Heath Field.

HIGHLIGHTS

Key to the win: The Padres took an 8-4 lead with five runs in the sixth inning and added a run in the top of the seventh inning, but the Nationals used three walks, an error and two doubles by Randy Mason and Roland fielder to come from behind to tie the game.

Padres' Game MVPs: Tomas Hernandez went 3-for-3 with four RBIs. Kevin Johnson went 2-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored. Dom Byrnes went 1-for-2 with an RBI and a run scored. Alex Ventura went 1-for-2 with two runs scored. Gabriel Ventura went 2-for-3.

Nationals' Game MVPs:  Roland Fielder went 3-for-5 with three RBIs and a run scored. Randy Mason went 2-for-4 with two RBIs and a run scored. Chris Purdue went 1-for-2 with an RBI and a run scored.

Miscellaneous Notes: The Padres are now 1-2-1 on the season. The Nationals are 1-1-1.

Buchanan tosses 2-hit shutout

Dodgers win 10-0

Mark Buchanan tossed a two-hit shutout to lead the Dodgers to a 10-0 win over the Padres Wednesday night at Heath Field.

HIGHLIGHTS

Key to the win: Mark Buchanan tossed five innings, giving up two hits and no runs. He struck out six and walked none.

Winning Pitcher: Mark Buchanan

Losing Pitcher: Alex Ventura

Game MVPs: Mark Buchanan also went 2-for-4 with a run scored. Trey Bennet went 2-for-3 with three runs scored and two RBIs. Andy Schneider went 2-for-3 with an RBI and a run scored. Rob Fravor went 3-for-4 with an RBI. Andrew Vickery and Jimmie Lee each went 1-for-1.

Notable Effort:  Lewis Skerry went 2-for-2.

Miscellaneous Notes: The Dodgers improve to 2-1. The Padres fall to 1-2.

Fielder leads Nationals to first win

Nationals top Padres, 8-5

Roland Fielder went 2-for-2, scored two runs and pitched a complete game as the Nationals came from behind to beat the Padres, 8-5, Tuesday at Heath Field.

HIGHLIGHTS

Key to the win: Down by one run going into the sixth inning, the Nationals plated four on two walks, a hit, an error and a fielder's choice to take a three-run lead.

Winning Pitcher: Roland Fielder

Losing Pitcher: Kevin Johnson

Game MVPs: Roland Fielder went 2-for-2 with two runs scored and an RBI. He also pitched six innings, giving up seven hits and four earned runs. He struck out five and walked five. Lewis Skerry went 1-for-3 and Dustin Clayton went 1-for-2 with an RBI and a run scored.

Notable Effort:  Tomas Hernandez went 2-for-3 with an RBI and a run scored. Johnny Price went 1-for-2. Patrick Manzo went 1-for-3 with two runs scored. Alex Ventura went 1-for-3 with an RBI and a run scored.

Miscellaneous Notes: The Nationals improve to 1-1. The Padres fall to 1-1. Tomas Hernandez's single in the fifth inning was the longest single in the history of mankind playing baseball.

Buchanan fans 10, Dodgers crush Nationals, 17-2

Mark Buchanan pitched a complete game and held the Nationals to three hits as the Dodgers opened the summer/fall season with a 17-2 toppling of the Nationals Tuesday at Heath Field.

HIGHLIGHTS

Key to the win: Mark Buchanan gave up only three hits, no earned runs and two walked in six innings of work. Ten of his 18 outs were by strikeout.

Winning Pitcher: Mark Buchanan

Losing Pitcher: Roland Fielder

Game MVPs: Aside from pitching, Mark Buchanan went 3-for-4 with five RBIs and two runs scored. Patrick Williams went 2-for-3 with three RBI and two runs scored. Andy Schneider went 2-for-4 with two runs scored and an RBI. Andrew Vickery went 2-for-4 with two RBI and two runs scored.

Notable Effort:  Lewis Skerry went 1-for-3. Kevin Johnson and Johnny Price went 1-for-2.

Miscellaneous Notes: The Dodgers open the season with a win and are 1-0. The Nationals are 0-1.

Manzo leads Padres to season-opening win over Dodgers

Patrick Manzo went 4-for-4 and held the Dodgers to one earned run Wednesday night as the Padres beat the Dodgers, 13-3 at Heath Field.

HIGHLIGHTS

Key to the win: The game was tight until the bottom of the fifth inning, when the Padres sprinkled some hits in with a few Dodgers errors to take a commanding lead. They did the same in the bottom of the sixth inning to ice the game.

Game MVPs: Patrick Manzo went 4-for-4 with four runs scored and two RBI. Manzo also pitched six innings, giving up eight hits and one earned run. He struck out seven and walked five. Kevin Johnson went 2-for-4 with three runs scored. Alex Ventura went 3-for-4 with a run scored.

Notable Effort:  Doug Amerson went 2-for-3. Patrick Williams went 1-for-3 with a run scored. Jimmie Lee went 1-for-3 with two runs scored and an RBI. He pitched much better than his stat line reflects. Fielding errors kept innings alive much longer than they should have been.

Miscellaneous Notes: The Padres open the season with a win and are 1-0. The Dodgers fall to 1-1.